METACRITIQUE: Recent Episodes
METACRITIQUE
This week a series of impromptu topics including but not limited to loneliness and Australian sovereignty.
Mark owns WOKE LEFTARDS by regurgitating the contents of the article he was proofing just before recording, as always in conversation with the long-suffering James.
James quizzes Mark on his deep expertise on Ukraine gleaned from ultranationalist Russian Telegram channels.
No one involved in the production of this episode is alleging any unlawful or otherwise directly homicidal conduct on the part of former NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian. Claims apparently to the contrary in this podcast are merely metaphorical criticisms of her policies.
Mark and James discuss the chasm that has opened up in the place of political possibility with the inauguration of doddering zombie Joe Biden.
Mark and James discuss recent developments in Mark's life and the reason for the season.
Mark and James return for a second season to deliver their steaming hot takes on the psychodrama 2020 US Presidential Election.
Joined for the first time by a guest, Bryan Cooke of the Philosophy Can Ruin Your Life podcast, we enter into a discussion of reality itself in the age of the internet, perversely producing by far our most abstract and philosophical podcast to date.
James and Mark (badly needs pop filter) are joined for the second and last time by Bryan (needs new mic; midrange and highrange zeroed to remove noise), and end up discussing their shared sickness and then fascism vis-à-vis liberalism.
James reports from the second Melbourne lockdown, leading to reflections on Australian politics, and ultimately the inadequacy of political materialism to address our spiritual malaise.
Mark and James discuss today's announcement from the Australian federal government that they will, inter alia, increase fees for humanities degrees by 113%, situating this in the history of the universities, 'Australia', and Western civilization more generally, as well as in relation to the contemporary conjuncture.
Mark and James belatedly explain who they are and what this podcast is supposed to be about, discuss Covid-19, followed by an extended discussion of the interrelation of politics, symbolism and history in light of unfolding events.
In their first ever attempt at podcasting, Mark and James consider the weather, racist humour, the insurrection in the USA viewed from an Australian context, before Mark ultimately implodes into philosophical scepticism, dragging James in his wake.